ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING OF ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD THEREOF

The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of reducing power consumption thereof. According to the present invention, the electronic device comprises: an antenna module including an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements and a radio frequency integrated circuit (R...

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Hauptverfasser: KIM GEUNWOO, JUNG SANGMIN, YOO SUNGCHEOL, PARK CHANHO, LEE CHIH WEI, KIM KWANSIK
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Sprache:eng ; kor
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of reducing power consumption thereof. According to the present invention, the electronic device comprises: an antenna module including an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) electrically connected to the antenna array; an intermediate frequency integrated circuit (IFIC) electrically coupled to the RFIC; and a processor electrically connected to the IFIC and the antenna module. The processor is configured to obtain the strength of a received signal and turn off a reception path of the IFIC when the strength of the received signal is less than a first threshold value. Various other embodiments understood through the specification are possible. 전자 장치는 복수의 안테나 엘리먼트들을 포함하는 안테나 어레이 및 안테나 어레이와 전기적으로 연결된 라디오 주파수 집적 회로(radio frequency integrated circuit, RFIC)를 포함하는 안테나 모듈, RFIC와 전기적으로 연결된 중간 주파수 집적 회로(intermediate frequency integrated circuit, IFIC), 및 IFIC 및 안테나 모듈과 전기적으로 연결된 프로세서를 포함할 수 있다. 프로세서는, 수신 신호의 세기를 획득(obtain)하고, 수신 신호의 세기가 제1 임계값 미만인 경우, 중간 주파수 집적 회로(IFIC)의 수신 경로를 턴 오프(turn-off)하도록 설정될 수 있다. 이 외에도 명세서를 통해 파악되는 다양한 실시 예가 가능하다.